Inmates suspected in correctional officer's slaying identified

The two U.S. Penitentiary Atwater inmates suspected in the week-old killing of correctional officer Jose Rivera have been identified as James Leon Guerrero and Joseph Cabrera Sablan.

Both suspects are from Guam. One, Guerrero, was implicated in the death of a corrections officer there in 1987, though he was not convicted, KUAM-TV in Guam reported.

An official with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Lauren Horwood, confirmed the suspects' names Friday morning.

KUAM reported that both Guerrero and Sablan were sent away from Guam, a U.S. territory, because of their violent behavior at a correctional institution there. The Sun-Star couldn't reach officials with the Guam Department of Corrections to confirm that information.